The uniportal VATS approach is now taking the lead in the practice of thoracic surgery and is transforming the way we operate. We describe here how to perform a uniportal VATS debridement and decortication, with a special focus on tips and tricks for getting inside an empyema pouch and identifying the optimal plane of cleavage for decortication.
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